I bought this laptop in April 2012 for my wife to use in grad school. I liked the idea of an ultrabook for its thinner, lightweight design and energy efficient processor. The specs on this laptop were exactly what I was looking for. However, this laptop has been nothing but trouble. It worked well at first but then started randomly freezing. It was impossible to predict when it would occur or how long it would last - not exactly helpful when you are using the laptop for school and taking notes... I sent it into Samsung and it was returned with nothing changed. I reinstalled Windows back to the factory settings, and nothing changed. I have now done a completely fresh install of Windows 7 to remove all the junk Samsung software, so we will see how that goes. As I am typing this review, many of my keystrokes are not registering. Also, the left mouse button apparently sticks now. Also, the build quality i very cheap. The screen is very floppy. The plastic housing around the power plug on the side broke off which caused the plug to come unattached from the motherboard. I had to take the laptop apart and solder the power plug back to the motherboard to allow the battery to charge. I have had this laptop for 20 months. As soon as my wife finished grad school, we will be throwing this piece of junk away and getting something useful.

Very well designed laptop with cooling exhaust on the back and very powerful with lower consumption processor and long battery life. I would recommend all 14 " Samsung 5 series comparing design price and features.Hopefully the quality is the same as most of the Samsung products - the time will tell.

I bought this ultrabook about six months ago and loved it since the first day I got it and that has not changed. I use it mainly for work because I am always driving visiting customers and I need to have all my files with me. I do not have anything negative to say about this laptop. I upgraded it to windows 8Pro and it is even better.

I've had this device since May 2012 and to this day it performs as good as the day I bought it. The start-up and wake times are super fast. It light, perfect size, and very user friendly. This is the smallest device I found on the market with a DVD player. I highly recommend. Plus the battery life is one of the best I have ever experienced.

1st Samsung product we've had in years. We knew what we were buying and were in no way disappointed. i5, 4GB ram, it's light, and the fan doesn't run all the time (unlike my macbook pro). Strictly business and Facebook games. We travel a lot and telecommute whenever possible. Did I mention that it's light?

I love this laptop, it is so light weight , it has great features and I use it all the time I have several laptops. I had another laptop, which I still have and love but I find myself picking this one up first now out of habit. The light weight durable design and the keyboard I absolutely love. I will keep on buying my Sammy's as I jokingly call them.

This computer is very usable in many situations, it has great speakers for music, fast processing and a comfortable keyboard. Not only is it a workhorse, but it is also one of the most stylish laptops I've seen. I love it!

This is lightweight enough to travel but has a DVD drive and 3 USB ports. My major problem is that it tends to freeze up for apparently no reason and cannot be rebooted -- you have to shut off the power. Otherwise it is pretty fast to start and load web pages (I don't do any gaming and rarely watch videos).

I bought this product because I've had good experiences with their TV's. Now I know to stick to their TV's. I don't know much about computers, I just want them to work. This crashes all the time, and sometimes won't wake up from sleep mode. I wish I would have bought the cheapest model out their instead of this.

This product almost delivers the conditions what you are looking for and unlike all ultrabooks it has discrete graphics performance but the battery life is not good as promised and over all performance is good...!

I chose the Series 5 ultrabook because it was a great balance between the super compact ultra books with no optical drive and the larger traditional laptops on the market. It has the quick start, long battery life, and a sleek design while still carrying the larger hard drive and optical drive.

So I actually am a very frugal buyer. I did not expect myself to buy such an high priced laptop, but the beauty of this just had me spend the money. I think it is a good laptop. It is so beautiful. I plan to get linux installed on here. That would provide a good web surfing OS. It is a good laptop.

I just bought this thing for myself but already love it! I really like the perfomance, memory is enough for everything I need + with Core i5 Processor it works great. And I really like that it does have this DVD-ROM. Thank you for this product!

I love this ultra book! It is stylish and has great features without overloading the system with too much junk programs. My only complaint is that the screen viewing angles for getting the best image are somewhat limited.

I am not an expert but I do not see much difference in this computer's performance than any other. I will say it does boot up just like my wife's Mac Book Pro but I have already had a unexpected shut down of Word. Not sure if that is the computer fault, but is inconvenient when working on important documents. I am happy with the functionality of the computer compared to is size. I did not want the ultra-book that lost most of its ports. I use this for business and being able to connect to a projector or external monitor without an adapter is nice. The fewer cables you travel with the fewer times you get stopped by TSA. The screen is clear and during my battery test I got almost 7 hours out of it. I will perform a few more tests to confirm. The value is ok but not the best, however it is competitive since it has so much more memory than other ultra-books. Overall I would recommend this to others.